BASKETBALL

The Lakers may need to retool their roster by the trade deadline.

Joe Paterno memorial service tickets sold out within minutes and are now selling for as much as $90,000 on eBay, despite initially being free to the public.

The Nets were feeling good about themselves coming into this one. They had just won two of their last three games and were looking to prove they could compete with one of the league's best teams. But just a few hours later, New Jersey is still searching for that quality win. And the Knicks are favored by 4.5 points--that's how bad the Bobcats have been.

The Orlando center has expressed interest in leaving the team.

Paterno's name is tarnished – perhaps irredeemably.

The star big man may end up with the Lakers by the trade deadline.

Vanessa Bryant, the wife of Lakers NBA star Kobe Bryant, reportedly scored a huge victory in the divorce settlement. She gets $75 million and the couple's three Newport Beach mansions, TMZ reported.

Just 12 for 44. That's what Amare Stoudemire and Carmelo Anthony combined from the field last night. No way 27% shooting will cut it for the Knicks' top scorers. Another lackluster performance by the offense led the Knicks to drop their fourth straight game as they fell to the Suns 91-88.

The Clippers' point guard sunk Dallas with a three-pointer with one second remaining, 91-89.

The New York Knicks will get an up close look at their top point guard target on Wednesday when they take on Steve Nash's Phoenix Suns.

Dwight Howard denied reports that he added the Los Angeles Clippers to his list of preferred trade destinations.

Lamar Odom failed to produce a game-swinging performance, but what he did get in his return to the Staples Center on Monday was much needed closure.

There isn't much for certain about the New York Knicks--except that they aren't very good right now.

The Orlando center is a free agent at the end of the season, and could be traded at the deadline.

He is Russia's third richest man and has been described as its most eligible bachelor.

Carmelo Anthony is injured again. The New York Knicks star small forward -- who has kept them from bombing during the first stretch of the lockout-shortened NBA season -- was back on the bench Thursday night after spraining his right ankle in the second half of the team's 94-83 loss to the Memphis Grizzlies at the FedExForum.

Weight Watchers spokesman Charles Barkley was caught mocking his weight loss program on air during the Miami Heat and Atlanta Hawks basketball game Thursday when he thought the microphone was turned off. But the Weight Watchers thing is a bigger scam, Weight Watchers spokesman Barkley said on air.

The teams were tied 70-70 with just 21 seconds left in overtime in the Division 1 NCAA basketball game on Jan. 5. Louisiana-Lafayette inbounded the ball, but the team had six players on the floor. Nobody seem to notice, however -- not even the game's referees. Elfrid Payton took the ball to a game-winning layup with three seconds left, and the time expired with the Ragin' Cajuns claiming the 72-70 victory.

The Sacramento Kings named Keith Smart as the team's new head coach on Thursday after firing Paul Westphal following a 2-5 start to the season.

By now, you have probably seen the viral video of Connell High basketball player Cole Vanderbilt and his hard fouls. Vanderbilt is arguably the most hated basketball player on the Internet right now because many believe his fouls are not just hard: they are downright dirty and potentially dangerous.

Westphal will be replaced by assistant Keith Smart.